Shen Qian felt deeply uneasy.
On one hand, it was because of Gao Wenyuan's status.
On the other, it was because Shen Qian was nervous for the first time that someone might see through his secret.
Even Shi Dingyan could hear through walls and easily learn of the conversation between him and Liu Changqing in the elevator. Who knew what that big shot Gao Wenyuan was capable of?
Each harboring their own thoughts, the three entered the elevator, and Shi Dingyan pressed the button for a floor.
Only then did Shen Qian realize that, judging by the elevator alone, the Sky-Reaching Tower had ninety-nine floors, and Shi Dingyan had pressed the button for the ninety-ninth floor.
The three remained silent as the elevator rose. Shen Qian could vaguely tell that Liu Changqing had wanted to say something to him but gave up, then wanted to say something to Shi Dingyan, only to snort coldly and give up on that as well.
Soon, the elevator arrived on the ninety-ninth floor. Shen Qian followed the two men out, only to discover that unlike Shi Dingyan's seventeenth floor, the ninety-ninth floor...
...was still unfinished.
As though noticing Shen Qian's confusion, Shi Dingyan smiled. "Quite a few floors in the Sky-Reaching Tower are unoccupied, so they haven't been renovated. The ninety-ninth floor is the same. As for Teacher... he's upstairs."
Shen Qian looked toward the center of the empty floor and indeed saw a small separate staircase leading to another level above. Only then was he relieved.
The three climbed another floor along the winding little staircase. The moment they emerged from the stairwell, a biting wind rushed at them, nearly throwing the unprepared Shen Qian off his feet.
"This is already extremely high up. Jing City's Weather Adjustment System is hidden in the